Affiliate Marketing

Strategies

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Startups

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Growth

Affiliate marketing is one of the oldest forms of marketing and it’s never going to die, here is the stupid-simple reason why: “referring works”.

The whole point of a startup is to grow fast.

The difficult part is getting traction while avoiding major uncalculated risks.

Paying For Proven Results + Minimized Risk

Truth or Fiction?

For early stage startups with limited budget, PPC is definitely an acquisition channel you should try and test, but there is no guarantee, you’ll be able to cover your costs and maintain a positive ROI.

The most beautiful thing about startups is the diversity, each industry is different, there is no typical CPA.

The substantial downside is that you’re going to have to pay for each click whether or not your campaign is well optimized, delivering conversions and acceptable CTR.

Using affiliate marketing strategies, you don’t have to assume the risk as long as you have clear steps and goals.

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Affiliate Marketing Strategies

The Difference Between

Success and Failure

It always comes down to data, how much are you willing to spend on users, conversions, transaction & leads, many startups have a business model suitable for this strategy, obvious well-known brands are Netflix, Amazon & Apple.

Brian Balfour painless model for growth ideas, can be used also for affiliate marketing.

Step #1 Observe

What your competitors are doing?

How are they doing it?

Look outside your “micro niche”

Step #2 Question

Why..?

What if..?

What about..?

What is..?

How can we do more of..?

Step #3 Associate

Connecting the dots between unrelated things

Try new things you’ve learned

Step #4 Network

Build your network of growth people

Analyze together your results

Step #5 Do The Work

Create a killer organization system that works for you

When it comes to marketing follow this one simple (obvious) rule:

“Do More of What Works”.

Setting up any marketing channel is going to require at least initially time, effort & money, affiliate marketing is no different.

What You Should Know AboutAffiliate Marketing Strategies

Lead generation is a $26 billion industry.

The challenge today is being often noticed, being seen nowadays became the close twin to being completely ignored.

We are constantly rushing to the next thing, ignoring completely what’s in front of us.

Visibility without engagement is doomed to fail.

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Affiliate programs are doing extremely well for financial services because the value of each customer is so profitable.